My team for SV Gen 9 Regulation H - Indeedee Shutdown

Question

Here is my team; last time I put a team I didn't follow the rules, so I hope I did good this time :)

Warbanks (Gholdengo) @ White Herb
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Make It Rain
- Protect
- Shadow Ball
- Dazzling Gleam

Gholdengo is one of the main sweepers here. With the white herb he gets a free Make it Rain without the stat debuff, and if he needs to he has STAB on Shadow Ball as well and Dazzling Gleam for coverage. Also, protect is so useful so it would be harmful to not have it. I could also Tera Steel and sweep with Make it Rain. Gholdengo is used after Armarouge is knocked out and can deal with opposing Gallade.

3T (Whimsicott) (F) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tailwind
- Taunt
- Grassy Terrain
- Moonblast

Whimsicott is the ideal prankster tailwind user, I chose her over a Murkrow is because she has Grassy Terrain, which allows her to cancel out Indeedee's psychic terrain. She also has Taunt to shutdown Wide Guard Pokemon like Gallade or Pelipper or Spore users like Amoongus. Taunt is just really useful. Moonblast is STAB and the focus sash is so Whimsicott can stay on the field for as long as possible.

Diamond_Wings (Dragonite) (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Ice Spinner
- Extreme Speed
- Protect
- Iron Head

It's a Dragonite. What could go wrong? Tera Normal + Extreme Speed hits hard, life orb gives extra boost to damage, and Iron Head is coverage for pesky Sylveon and Whimsicott. Protect is just useful and Ice Spinner is to remove Psychic Terrain from the Indeedee. Dragonite is good because it doesn't need STAB options to be implemental on a team.

Crasher Wake (Basculegion) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Aqua Jet
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Ice Fang

I don't know if Choice Scarf is helpful with Swift Swim already being active if Pelipper is on the field, so tell me what I should put instead, I was thinking either life orb or assault vest. Basculegion hits so hard with STAB Wave Crash + rain bonus from my Pelipper (see below). Flip Turn is for switching out and extra chip damage and Aqua Jet is priority. Ice Fang is coverage. Tera Water is so he can become a Wave Crash Nuke.

BestBird (Pelipper) @ Leftovers
Ability: Drizzle
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Protect
- Wide Guard
- Icy Wind

The perfect partner for my Basculegion, Pelipper excels and he has aged so well. Leftovers is for recovery with Protect, Wide Guard is for protecting from spread moves, Icy Wind is speed control and Hurricane is for STAB. Pelipper is just goated.

Achoo! (Sneasler) @ Aguav Berry
Ability: Unburden
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dire Claw
- Close Combat
- Coaching
- Fake Out

Sneasler is a stupid Pokemon. Dire Claw is such good STAB, but even I hate having this guy on my team, he's so toxic. He is strong and fast as an Unburden Pokemon, but I don't know a better item than the Aguav Berry, maybe an Air Balloon? Close Combat is STAB and Fake Out is for stopping set ups. Coaching... I have never used the move so I don't know how I could use it well in this team. Maybe somebody could teach me or just tell me a different move to use instead, I don't know. Maybe I'm the stupid one

I really hope I did this right, it took so long to type this. :)

Comments

Normal Gem on Sneaseler if you aren’t too happy about the item

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why do you have grassy terrain on Whimsicott if it doesn't benefit any of your other mons except very little regen and you might not always end up againsted an an Indeedee team but if your plan is set in stone to just stop indeedee teams in their tracks it could help. Also why is Whimsicott tera normal? I'm assuming its so opponent will pull out a fighting type if they have one then you go ahead and use moonblast. If it were me I would change grassy terrain for hurricane for big damage or leech seed for regen and chip on the opponent.

Also I almost never see dazzling gleam on Gholdengo and I barely see protect on it either. If I were you I would change both of those moves for nasty plot to get heavy damage and recover to stay in the game longer.

For Dragonite I feel like there's a better build for Dragonite than having iron head and protect. It's build is ok but even tho Dragonite is a good Mon all together, you should have a dragon STAB. I feel it would be better to replace protect for dragon dance bc duhhhhh. Also why is your Dragonite mostly Atk? I have mixed feelings about whether or not to keep iron head but if you were to change it you should go with Draco meteor. It hits hard and even with the debuf, dragon dance gets its stats back up.

Is basculegion the best Mon for this team? idk but it seems like it's js a sack pokemon that gets at least one KO. Wave Crash is so self destructive so there might be a better move option like Hydro Pump and changing Ice fang for ice beam bc Ice fang is not a very powerful move.

Not gonna lie, this Pelliper set is really bad XD. I see why ur using wide guard and Icy wind but there are better moves to utilize Pelliper better and you wont really need icy wind if tail wind is up. I suggest to use Hydro Pump for STAB and roost to stay in the game longer.

For sneazler its not really a support Mon. It sweeps more than assists. I would js change Coaching for either bulk up or swords dance. Either works well so its your choice.
Hope this helps. I get its longs but I did my best to give you good advice.

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Will do a full rmt later

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Also @Javes Icy Wind and Wide Guard are the best supporting moves Peliper has

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I'm no VGC player, but if indeedee has Psychic Surge, wouldn't Grassy Terrain fail because of prankster?

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I guess I am not very good at this then, I do agree with @Javes with dragon dance instead of iron head for Dragonite and I realize now that grassy terrain is basically useless now, oops.

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Rilla Incin instead of smth with Whimsicott

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@Javes, You don't seem to have very much VGC experience. Protect is the best move in VGC and it's not close. Support moves like Wide Guard, Icy Wind, and Coaching are also very good. Yes, even on Sneasler, where Coaching is one of its most commonly-run moves.

@Mr. Fish, Psychic terrain only prevents Pokemon from being hit by priority moves. Priority moves that set field effects or target the user can still be used.

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Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification!